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Utilitarianism : restorations, repairs, renovations : variations on Bentham's master-idea, that disputes about social policy should be settled by statistical evidence about the comparative consequences for those affected / David Braybrooke.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braybrooke, David, author.
- Series:
- Toronto studies in philosophy.
- Toronto Studies in Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utilitarianism.
- Social policy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations, noted Canadian philosopher David Braybrooke revisits Jeremy Bentham's master idea that statistical evidence should determine social policies, and - perhaps surprisingly, given Braybooke's recent championship of natural law - dispels the discredit that standard versions of utilitarianism have invited."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Restorations and repairs that leave utility and the calculus in place
- A renovation that, accommodating utility still, replaces the calculus with the census-notion
- A renovation that makes provision for needs prior to concern with utility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-99652-1
- 9786611996529
- 1-4426-8298-1
- OCLC:
- 944177171
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